With the 16th pick in the draft slotted to have a cap hit of $2,589,480, compared to the $3,522,480 cap hit for the 10th pick, that means the Sixers will have $933,000 more in cap space as free agency begins.

That sounds like a small amount, and it is, coming in at less than 1 percent of the projected $101 million salary cap. But it’s an important million for a team looking to get to the $35,350,000 in cap space it will need to offer LeBron James a maximum salary contract next week.

Bodner suggests that the Sixers could pursue multiple trade avenues to clear the rest of the space they need to sign James, but cautions that Philadelphia must be wary of incomplete roster charges.

A team incurs incomplete roster charges from the league when they have fewer than 12 roster spots filled. These spots, according to Bodner, include “players under contract, free agents without their rights renounced, offer sheets extended and unsigned first-round picks.” The charge is equal to the rookie minimum ($831,311).

This means that shedding a theoretical contract worth $1 million would only save the Sixers $168,689 unless they have 12 or more “players” on the roster, potentially complicating the team’s pursuit of James.

Read more about how the Sixers could approach this problem, if their intention is indeed to pursue James, in Bodner’s full article. Their active summer is far from over—James or not.

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